Recent content by dcwave

So I'm I am trying to broaden my knowledge of urban/dance/underground type genres of music. What elements in a body of music make it hip-hop, verses rap, verses, house or r&b? Is it the tempo? The drums, the type of drums? Additional instruments? Thanks.

My ears are tired. Looking for opinion on the low end (too much, too little) and whether or not there's a boxiness to the overall sound. What about the area around 4k? Too hot? The KRKs sound right. The laptop speakers crack on the highs, the boombox sounds boxy...

I know RME seems to be the favorite when it comes to ADAT cards, but... does anyone use a Frontier Design Dakota? If so with what software? THanks, dc

I have been looking at several different basement studio builds. In some studios the owner has used OC13 and 703 stuffed inbetween floor/ceiling joists and then covered the ceiling with some type of fabric (dead ceiling, live floor). I've also seen some studios using traps on the backwalls...

Greetings, I moved things to a bigger area - still not treated the way I would like them to be.. Not used to my monitoring environment yet. This is the 1st mix after tracking vocals. Any thoughts are welcome... too much bass, not enough, too much mid, etc... thanks...

I have noticed in many basket ball gymnasiums that the lower half of the walls have a thick carpet on them - I presume to cut down on the slapback of a wooden floor being hit all the time. They also have what appear to be carpet covered panel traps on the upper walls. The gyms I have been in...

Originally the desk I started was based very loosly on the Argosy console for a FW1884. After looking at pk1's desk and understanding better how he put stuff together I decided to re-do the desk I started. I am not a carpenter and outside of basic framing and drywalling have not used wood...

Wear a resporator, latex gloves and long sleaves. The dust from this type of wood(?) is horrible... I have MDF'd my nose, my goatee, and my skin burns! Oh and measure twice cut once. Or better yet, get those nice folks at the Home Depot to make all your cuts for you! (@ $0.50 per cut, i'll...

Does anyone have any experience running a Layla and a Gina in the same machine? I am thinking about a setting up a PC for Gigastudio with a Gina and then a Layla and Gina in the main Daw. Thanks

Using delay and eq to get a sence of front to back depth in a mix instead of or along with verb. How? Tips? Tricks?

I am not a carpenter... I just play one during manic cycles. I really liked Frederic's metal desk and wish I had a welder to try out my design with steel contruction but since I dont... Here is a pic of the legs and "pedestal". I am working on the top piece next. I designed this based around...

I have Acid on an older PC. I have SX on the newer PC. I want to sync the two together. What is the best way? MTC? Do I use Acid to generate the timecode and have SX lock to it? Or do I need an some type of external device? Thanks dcWAVE

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